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California's professionalized legislature: Can a professionalized legislature fulfill the obligation of representative government in the Golden State?

机译：加利福尼亚州的专业立法机构：专业立法机构可以履行在金州的代议制政府的义务吗？

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Forty years after its inception, experts and citizens alike are questioning the wisdom and efficacy of California's professional legislature. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the development, current state, and future of the California Legislature as an institution with special attention to the relationship between "professionalization" and republican governance. This dissertation is a study incorporating interviews with 46 sitting California Legislators and an analysis of statistics of California legislative trends over time. Attention will be paid to the relevant political history of the state, particularly the institutional transformations of the legislature, and to the political-philosophical influences that made these transformations possible. Where appropriate, references to and comparisons with other state legislatures will be made.;The current malaise of the legislature is the product of many factors: the impact of federally mandated reapportionment laws, misguided political and structural reforms within the state coupled with a diverse and dynamic citizenry that is confused about what it can and should expect from government. These complications are the legacy of the Progressive movement in the Golden State: a professional legislature is simultaneously the logical consequence of and incompatible with Progressive political theory, particularly its emphasis on direct democracy.;The goal of this dissertation is to provide an examination of the current state of the California Legislature, how it arrived at this point, and to provide specific recommendations for improvement along with the theoretical arguments necessary to defend those recommendations.;Californians are disinclined to return to a part-time, citizen legislature, but they are also dissatisfied with the current structure. By returning to restricted annual legislative sessions and biannual budgets, increasing the amount of time members spend within their districts, increasing the membership of both houses, and relaxing term limits, for instance, the institution can remain professional but become more representative, more accessible and more accountable. In conjunction with these modifications an improved civic education must be effected across the state. The only way to improve governance in California is to educate the public, as Publius did prior to the ratification of the US Constitution, about the potential and limitations of free government.
机译：成立40年来，专家和市民都对加利福尼亚州专业立法机构的智慧和效力提出了质疑。本文的目的是研究作为专门关注“专业化”与共和制治理之间关系的加利福尼亚州立法机构的发展，现状和未来。本论文是一项对46位在职的加利福尼亚州立议员进行访谈和对加利福尼亚州立法趋势的统计分析的研究。将注意国家的相关政治历史，特别是立法机构的体制变革，以及使这些变革成为可能的政治哲学影响。在适当的情况下，将参考其他州的立法机关并与之进行比较。；当前的立法机关不适是许多因素的产物：联邦授权的重新分配法律的影响，州内错误的政治和结构改革以及多样化和充满活力的公民对政府可以和应该做什么感到困惑。这些复杂情况是金州进步运动的遗产：专业立法机关同时是进步政治理论的逻辑结果，并且与之不相容，特别是它对直接民主的强调。本论文的目的是对民主政治进行考察。加利福尼亚州立法机关的现状，如何达到这一点，并提供具体建议以进行改进，以及为捍卫这些建议所必需的理论依据。；加利福尼亚人不愿重返兼职的公民立法机关，但他们是也对当前的结构不满意。例如，通过返回受限的年度立法会议和两年期预算，增加成员在其所在地区花费的时间，增加两院成员的人数以及放宽任期限制，该机构可以保持专业水平，但变得更具代表性，更易于访问和更负责。结合这些修改，必须在全州范围内进行更好的公民教育。像在美国批准《宪法》之前Publius所做的那样，改善加利福尼亚州治理的唯一方法是教育公众，了解自由政府的潜力和局限性。

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    Chastek, Jessica M.;

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    The Claremont Graduate University.;

  • 授予单位 The Claremont Graduate University.;
  • 学科 Political Science General.;Political Science Public Administration.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2010
  • 页码 203 p.
  • 总页数 203
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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